entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,scholarly attestation,"Attested in Black and Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia."
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 84-87: the Enki/Ea-as-divine-benefactor pattern and its structural parallel with Prometheus; both defy divine authority to preserve humanity; Burkert notes the comparison while acknowledging no direct transmission is documented
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,SRC_ETCSL,direct attestation,Named in Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,SRC_FOSTER_BEFORE_MUSES,direct attestation,Atrahasis Epic (Foster pp. 160-201): Ea/Enki warns Atrahasis about the flood against the decision of the divine assembly; Enuma Elish (Foster pp. 436-486): Ea kills Apsu and establishes himself in the Abzu; the Adapa myth (Foster pp. 528-535): Ea counsels Adapa; primary Akkadian attestations for Ea as the clever intermediary deity